Related Scholarly Projects: The Camelot Project TEAMS Middle English Texts Robin Hood at Rochester Useful Research Tools: Robin Hood: Bold Outlaw of Barnsdale and Sherwood Rush Rhees Library Catalog World Cat. Phantoms & Hauntings. Ankou Also known as: Death, The Grim Reaper, Old Father Time, Azrael, The Dark Angel, The Angel of Death, Sammael, Mortis, Mors Head, Mors, Death’s-Head, Harvester of Sorrow, The Graveyard Watcher, Aed, The Graveyard Guardian, Donn, Da Derga, Aericura, The Great Leveller, Jack O‘ The Shadows. Ankou or Donn was the Celtic personification of Death. Though death often comes unseen, he would also frequently appear as a tall, gaunt or skeletal old man befitted in mourning attire. It is claimed that his head can turn entirely upon his shoulders, and that his eyes are empty black chasms. Apparently cast sightless by Saint Peter himself, who wrenched the orbs from their sockets, the Ankou may be blind or simply indifferent to the suffering and grieving of those left behind - but he does not fail to find his quarry.

Victorian &Steampunk Name Generator. All That Is Interesting - The Lineage of the British Royal Family. Here’s a little education on the current Royal Family – the house of Windsor – with some trivia and tidbits on the family that has reigned over the United Kingdom for over 1200 years. See below for a chart depicting the history and lineage of the British royal family: Things you might not know about the Royal Family: The Royal Family’s reign spans 37 generations and 1209 years.All of the monarchs are descendents of King Alfred the Great, who reigned in 871. The illustrious historical antecedents include Henry VIII (who created the Protestant Church and beheaded two of his 6 wives), and Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen, under whose rule England prospered in the Golden Age.Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Phillip, are distantly related.

They both share the same great-great grandmother, Queen Victoria.The current reigning family invented their own surname.
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Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. The following is an excerpt from Thaddeus Russell's new book, " A Renegade History of the United States" (Free Press/Simon & Schuster, 2010): In the nineteenth century, a woman who owned property, made high wages, had sex outside of marriage, performed or received oral sex, used birth control, consorted with men of other races, danced, drank, or walked alone in public, wore makeup, perfume, or stylish clothes -- and was not ashamed -- was probably a whore.